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23 Sep 2010 10:35

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U.S.: Who’s richer, Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg? Click and find out!

  • $6.9 billion the value of Mark Zuckerberg’s portfolio, according to Forbes
  • $6.1 billion the value of Steve Jobs; note that this is mostly on paper source
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17 Nov 2009 20:09

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Biz, U.S.: Rich people are all, like, sorry about those offshore accounts

  • 14,700 people nailed by the man source
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10 Nov 2009 01:14

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U.S.: Congress has a lot of really rich people not feeling the recession’s pain

  • 237 members of both branches of Congress are millionaires; that’s nearly half
  • seven members of Congress have a total net worth that ranks above $100 million source
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23 Aug 2009 00:00

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Biz, U.S.: Get out the violins for the super-rich. They’re suffering badly.

  • 24% decrease in people with $30+ million in net worth source
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15 Jul 2009 12:43

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U.S.: So the poor get healthcare, the rich get surtaxed?

  • 5.4% size of the proposed surtax recommended for wealthy Americans in the House’s health care bill
  • $54,000 amount of money, per million, those who make more than $1 million per year will be expected to pay source
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26 Apr 2009 11:46

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Culture, Tech: The young little prick in this family photo is Bill Gates

Little Billy was an annoying little hellraiser who grew up to be a rich supergenius. He was mean to his sister. source
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25 Apr 2009 03:47

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About, Tech: New features: We’d like to welcome Apture to the fold.

  • This program was seemingly designed for ShortFormBlog. As we’re sure you know, our goal is to keep information simple and short for you guys, while allowing you to better find information from other sources. Which is why we’re very excited about the prospect of using Apture. Apture uses Javascript to create rich extra layers of content (from sources we like, such as Wikipedia and YouTube) above the main site. Among initial users include The New York Times and The Washington Post. What do you guys think? Comment here. source
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